Improved hay-binder pole tor wagons



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DANIEL POTTER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS..A

Letters Patent No. 104,349, elated .func 14, 1870. i l

IMPROVED HAY-BINDER PQLE FOR WAGONS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Tc all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, DANIEL POTTER, of Peoria, iu the county of Peoriaand State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inHay- Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, 'reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and iigures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a view of my invention in perspective.

Figure'Z is an enlarged view of my device with the rear eud of thehay-rack broken o.

Figure 3 is a detail, showing thc wiudlass enlarged.

My invention relates to means for securing loads of ioose hay inposition while being transported, and consista in a.' novel arrangementof devices 4intended to serve eciently for the purpose mentioned.

`A of the drawing represents the bed of a wagonbox or hay-rack, asthecase maybe; and

B, a standard or fulcrum attached to the rear crosse.,

bar thereof. r

D represents a binding-pole pivoted to the fulcrum B, as shown, andhaving a hook, c, aixed to its front end.

.E is a cord or chain attached at one end to the front end of a siderail of the box or rack, while its opposite endis securedto thecrank-shaft G, in the manner shown on tig. 2.

G is a shaft arranged in brackets H upon the front end of a bed-plate,and I is a crank by which -said shaft is operated.

N represents a ratchet-wheel attached to one end of shaft G, and S apawl, operating therewith.

The brackets H are screwed to the bed-plate of the box or rack, by meansof the rods or bolts yr, and the nuts and screws thereon. v

To operate my device, I press the binding-pole downward longitudinallyupon the top of the load,

and draw the cord or chain over the `hook c; I then` turn the crank Pand thereby wind the cord upon the shalt G, until the load is suicieutlyhound. When this is'accomplished, the pawl S, working'inthe-teeth ofratchet N, holds the pole in place u`ntilit is-desirable to release it.

I claim as lny inventionl The apparatus herein describedgthr bindingloaded hay, eonsistiu g of the standard B, pole D, cord or chain E,shaft G, crank l", ratchets N, and pawl S, when constructed 'andarranged substantially as specilied.

HWlnfcestimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed myname in the presence oiLtwqwitnesscs.

DANIEL POTTER.

` Witnesses:

lrso. PUTERBAUGH, D. E. POTTER.

